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Brain Story Module 16 Questions And Answers Rated A+ What is the best example of stimulus appraisal in th e story on the shark attack that opens the chapter? Correct Answer: Rick interprets the stimulus or shark as a threat to his well being What are the components of emotion? Correct Answe r: -Components: Subjective feeling, observable behaviors, appraisal of stimulus, and physiological response -NOT a component: unconscious motive Marcus is appraising a stimulus, having a subjective feeling, experiencing physiological responses, and showi ng overt behavior. What is Marcus is experiencing? Correct Answer: An emotion What is/are examples of the physiological components of emotion Correct Answer: increased heart rate Theories of emotions tend to fit into two categories. What are the names of the categories? Correct Answer: Peripheral and Cognitive appraisal theory of emotions In explaining the steps in emotions, ________ emphasize(s) our body's physiological changes that lead to subjective feelings Correct Answer: Peripheral theories of emot ions The _______explain(s) the steps in emotions by focusing on how we interpret situations Correct Answer: cognitive appraisal theory of emotions According to the _______, the reason why you feel fear when seeing a shark is because you have experienced a specific pattern of physiological responses that your brain recognizes as fear Correct Answer: James Lange theory The James -Lange theory would predict that people with a severed spinal cord at the neck would experience what level of emotion? Correct Ans wer: little to no emotion According to research, physiological changes may _____ the intensity of emotional experiences. Correct Answer: increase If Charles Darwin of the facial feedback theory was here talking to you as you're taking the test, what might he say? Correct Answer: Y oure anxious because youre biting your lower lip The facial feedback theory argues that _________ from the muscles of the face and skin are interpreted as ____________ by your brain. Correct Answer: feedback; emotional response What are the sequence of c omponents for emotion according to the facial feedback theory? Correct Answer: facial muscle change --interpretation of change --emotional feeling -- overt behavior Which names are most associated with the cognitive appraisal theory of emotions? Correct Answ er: schachter and singer Which of the following is a revision in Schachter and Singer's cognitive theory? Correct Answer: Emotions may occur without any thought or awareness What is the main argument about the role of cognition in emotion? Correct Answer : Whether cognition comes before emotion or emotion comes before cognition What is the sequence of components for emotion according to the cognitive - appraisal theory? (Schachter and singer) Correct Answer: stimulus, interpret, emotional feeling, bodily r esponse Our emotions are different than other psychological states. What is this difference? Correct Answer: Our emotions are expressed in stereotypical ways he module describes four unique qualities of emotions. Which of the following is not among those four qualities? Correct Answer: All of the above Some emotions are hard wired in the brain Emotions may not respond to reasoning Emotions are influenced by one's culture Emotions are expressed in stereotypical ways Based on the content in the module, wh y do emotions influence our decisions? Correct Answer: The forebrain which makes decisions does not have complete control over the limbic system Which part of the brain is especially active when viewing facial expressions of fear? Correct Answer: Amygdala "I remember when a dog chased me up a tree. I was scared." What brain part was responsible for storing that memory of that fear? Correct Answer: Hippocampus When noticing an unemotional stimulus, what is the pathway of neural activity? Correct Answer: eye , thalamus, visual cortex, thalamus Which one of the following is not a universally recognized emotion? Correct Answer: Indecision is not a universally recognized emotion.The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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